Ice cream summer hanoi rocks full#

The song deals with making love and having oral sex with his girlfriend. McCoy wrote the song when he was 17 years old. This song sparked some controversy when it was released. The song was written as a mid-tempo, standard 70's rock-, pop-song. Written in 10 minutes, but the band still loved the song. Guns covered the song on their 2004 album Rips the Covers Off. Also, the arrangement for the song was inspired by Alice Cooper's ' I'm Eighteen'. The song is also a great example of Hanoi Rocks' melodic glam rock-style. Ultimately, McCoy also fell in love with the song. McCoy hated the song but Razzle loved it, and wanted it on their next record.

Ice cream summer hanoi rocks full#

This song was inspired by a London apartment full of rats, in Tooting Bec, where Hanoi Rocks lived.Īndy McCoy wrote this song at the band's manager Seppo Vesterinen's house in Helsinki. This was also the only song that (according to Pete Watts) drummer Razzle had a hard time recording. The song is about speed, and was inspired by Michael Monroe's wild behavior as a child. This version was just made as a joke but it was re-recorded for this album, as a more serious rock song. The song was originally recorded in 1981 as a calypso version titled 'Malibu Nightmare'. McCoy wrote song at home while smoking hashish.

( September 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īn acoustic intro that Andy McCoy came-up with in the studio. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This section possibly contains original research.